Go Lean Commentary
“Aereo is…not infringing on their copyrights” – Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia.
This subject is pivotal in the roadmap for elevation of the Caribbean economy, which maintains that internet/electronic commerce business models are critical in creating jobs and growing the region’s GDP. The publisher of the book Go Lean… Caribbean projects that 2.2 million new jobs hang in the balance. These new jobs will result from entrepreneurial endeavors and opportunities from the many new industries spun from different expressions of internet & communications technologies (ICT).
Also important in the foregoing article is the respect for intellectual property. The Go Lean roadmap campaigns that the creators of intellectual property are entitled to due compensation; this ethos is at the bedrock of the economic empowerment quest for the region.
According to the foregoing article and VIDEO, there are major issues associated with this technology development, to the point that the US Supreme Court is called upon to set legal precedence.
Change has come to the world of television. According to Futurists [a], the television industry is the next industry to become obsolete due to the ubiquity of the internet; (think travel agents, record & book stores, video rental, etc.).
This book Go Lean… Caribbean, serves as a roadmap for the introduction and implementation of the Caribbean Union Trade Federation (CU). The CU/Go Lean roadmap has 3 prime directives:
- Optimization of the economic engines in order to grow the regional economy.
- Establishment of a security apparatus to protect the resultant economic engines and marshal against economic crimes.
- Improve Caribbean governance to support these engines.
Early in the book, the benefits of technology empowerment is pronounced in the Declaration of Interdependence (Page 14), with these opening statements:
xxvi. Whereas the Caribbean region must have new jobs to empower the engines of the economy and create the income sources for prosperity, and encourage the next generation to forge their dreams right at home, the Federation must therefore foster the development of new industries… In addition, the Federation must invigorate the enterprises related to existing industries … impacting the region with more jobs.
xxvii. Whereas the region has endured a spectator status during the Industrial Revolution, we cannot stand on the sidelines of this new economy, the Information Revolution. Rather, the Federation must embrace all the tenets of Internet Communications Technology (ICT) to serve as an equalizing element in competition with the rest of the world. The Federation must bridge the digital divide and promote the community ethos that research/development is valuable and must be promoted and incentivized for adoption.
xxviii. Whereas intellectual property can easily traverse national borders, the rights and privileges of intellectual property must be respected at home and abroad. The Federation must install protections to ensure that no abuse of these rights go with impunity, and to ensure that foreign authorities enforce the rights of the intellectual property registered in our region.
The Caribbean has the eco-system of free broadcast television, and the infrastructure for internet streaming. So the issues raised in the US Supreme Court will have bearing in the execution of this roadmap.
By: Katie Couric
As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case that will determine the fate of his streaming video service, Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kanojia sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric.
The New York-based startup — backed by billionaire investor Barry Diller, among others — is at the center of a legal battle that has been raging since the company’s inception in 2012. Aereo currently operates in 13 cities.
The heart of the case involves Aereo’s practice of assigning subscribers mini remote antennas so that they can stream over-the-air broadcast signals directly to their tablets and other mobile devices. The antennas function in the same manner as old-fashioned “bunny ears.” Aereo also uses cloud technology, which lets subscribers watch the programming live or store it for a later time.
Yahoo’s Global News Anchor Katie Couric (Posted and retrieved 05-29-2014) –
https://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-aereo-tv-supreme-court-212342689.html
Abbreviation of Interview – 3 minutes:
Full Interview – 20 minutes:
The book details the community ethos to adapt to the changed media landscape, plus the executions of the following strategies, tactics, implementations and advocacies:
| Community Ethos – Economic Principle – People Respond to Incentives | Page 21 |
| Community Ethos – Job Multiplier | Page 22 |
| Community Ethos – Lean Operations | Page 24 |
| Community Ethos – Return on Investments (ROI) | Page 24 |
| Community Ethos – Ways to Impact the Future | Page 26 |
| Community Ethos – Ways to Help Entrepreneurship | Page 28 |
| Community Ethos – Promote Intellectual Property | Page 29 |
| Community Ethos – Impact Research & Development | Page 30 |
| Community Ethos – Bridge the Digital Divide | Page 31 |
| Strategy – Integrate Region in a Single Market | Page 45 |
| Tactical – Fostering a Technocracy | Page 64 |
| Tactical – New High Multiplier Industries | Page 70 |
| Tactical – Trade and Globalization | Page 70 |
| Separation of Powers – Film Promotion and Administration | Page 78 |
| Separation of Powers – Patent, Standards, and Copyrights Office | Page 78 |
| Separation of Powers – Communications and Media Authority | Page 79 |
| Separation of Powers – Federal Supreme Court | Page 90 |
| Implementation – Assemble existing regional organizations | Page 96 |
| Implementation – Ways to Deliver | Page 109 |
| Implementation – Ways to Impact Social Media | Page 111 |
| Implementation – Ways to Benefit from Globalization | Page 119 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Grow the Economy | Page 151 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Create Jobs | Page 152 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Improve Communications | Page 186 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Foster Technology | Page 197 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Foster e-Commerce | Page 198 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Impact Hollywood | Page 203 |
| Advocacy – Ways to Impact the Diaspora | Page 217 |
The CU will oversee the radio spectrum used for radio, television and satellite communications. The radio spectrum must be regulated on a regional level; the CU coordination will be as managing a common pool resource, as the spectrum is limited. This oversight will also extend to internet broadband (wireless & wire-line) governance.
This is a direct parallel to the US debate.
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Citation source:
a-1. Retrieved 05-29-2013 from: http://corp.iprodoos.com/2014/01/18/television-2-0-the-2-2-trillion-war-for-your-living-room-begins-now/
a-2. Photo Credit: Motley Fool Investment Advisors